Miscellaneous anti-war material and student protest tapes from Charlottesville, Va. [manuscript] 1969, n.d.

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Miscellaneous anti-war material and student protest tapes from Charlottesville, Va. [manuscript] 1969, n.d.

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The collection contains an annotated list of activist groups in Washington, D.C. and Virginia with an activities calendar for May, 1969; two clippings concerning the Charlottesville-Albemarle Citizens Against the ABM; a flier for Charlottesville Resistance; a flier for the Charlottesville Workshop in Nonviolence; an anti-draft pamphlet partially sponsored by Charlottesville Peace Action; an analysis of small group dynamics; and a flier listing student council candidate [Thurman] Wenzl's campaign positions. There are also taped interviews regarding the May strike in 1970. An interview with Charlottesville city attorney James Camblos discusses the city response to student protest once it spilled over into city jurisdiction (intersection of University Avenue and Rugby Road). An interview with Dean of Students Robert T. Canevari discusses the student takeover of Maury Hall and the on-grounds occurences of the protest, the Kunstler/Rubin speech that ignited some of the protest and the the administration's planning in anticipation of conflict (poor quality tape). An interview with attorney John Lowe who represented 67 of the 68 students arrested during the student strike of 1970. Lowe discusses the case as well as the disorderly conduct charge against Steve Squire arrested for demonstrating in Scott Stadium during an ROTC review (poor quality tape; recorded over a Jethro Tull tape). An interview by Bill Scott with president Edgar F. Shannon discusses students' growing displeasure and the complexity of the issue, involvement of the state police, the administration's tactical approach to dealing with the protestors, and the build-up and thought process behind his anti-war speech from the steps of the Rotunda. An interview by Rory Little with dean D. Allan Williams discusses differences in student opinion : anti-Vietnam war, anti-war in general and pro-socialist movement to use the anti-war effort to change American society; the belief that the problems of the country could be solved in the colleges; Kunstler-Rubin speech a failure; Thomas Dornin's role; potential for violence with the "honk for peace" demonstration, role of Student Council president and vice president Jim Roebuck and Kevin Mannix, North Carolina and Notre Dame rugby teams on the scene, arrest of students; vote to strike and unwillingness of many students to identify with strike; university was never shut down; disillusioned students and very few tangible results; involvement of John Israel, William Harbaugh, and Charles Whitebread. An interview by Rory Little with Jeff Kirsch, president of the Virginia Progressive Party, who discusses his conversion from typical student to protest organizer, the Kunstler-Rubin speech, the march on Carr's Hill, the diversion to liberate the Navy ROTC building, the Mayflower van arrests, the subsequent strike and its party atmosphere, the alumni association letter to parents, and his subsequent career. Interview alludes briefly to anti-semitism at the University in 1970. An interview with James H. Batten of the University of Virginia police , 11/8/77, discusses the police role, criticism of police intervention, police unarmed, unease over potential for violence, verbal abuse of police, police duty to protect citizens, students blocking road and destroying property, anecdote about Stanley Shifflett, outside agitators, invoking the riot act and the Mayflower van arrests, irresponsible reporting in Cavalier Daily, Also discusses other student riots. (poor quality tape; background noise from police dept).

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Canevari, Robert T., 1936-

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Roebuck, James Randolph

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Pennsylvania State Representative. From the description of Oral history interview of James Roebuck by Robert L. Crist [manuscript], January 12, 1994. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920524 ...

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Kirsch, James

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Squire, Stephen E.

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Whitebread, Charles H.

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Kuntsler, William Moses, 1919-

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Mannix, Kevin.

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Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997

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